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Anthony Johnson happy to oblige Jan Blachowicz’s UFC 191 request

Anthony Johnson reenters the light heavyweight fray on Sept. 5 with a fight against veteran Jan Blachowicz at UFC 191. The match-up against Blachowicz isn't one that "Rumble" expected, but he also isn't the type of guy who often gets called out. So once he heard Blachowicz making some noise behind-the-scenes, Johnson was more than happy to oblige his foe's request.

"I'm looking forward to it," Johnson told MMAFighting.com during UFC 189 fight week. "The guy wanted to fight me, that's what I heard. So boom, let's do it. You want to fight?